How To Install usbmuxd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbmuxd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. usbmuxd.x86_64 is Daemon for communicating with Apple’s iOS devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbmuxd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `usbmuxd.x86_64`

usbmuxd is a daemon used for communicating with Apple’s iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV devices. It allows multiple services on the device to be accessed simultaneously.

We can use yum to install usbmuxd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usbmuxd.x86_64.

Install usbmuxd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install usbmuxd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install usbmuxd.x86_64

How To Uninstall usbmuxd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the usbmuxd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove usbmuxd.x86_64

usbmuxd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/systemd/system/usbmuxd.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/39-usbmuxd.rules
/usr/sbin/usbmuxd
/usr/share/doc/usbmuxd-1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/usbmuxd-1.1.0/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/usbmuxd-1.1.0/README
/usr/share/licenses/usbmuxd-1.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/usbmuxd-1.1.0/COPYING.GPLv2
/usr/share/licenses/usbmuxd-1.1.0/COPYING.GPLv3
/usr/share/man/man1/usbmuxd.1.gz

References

usbmuxd.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbmuxd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.